BRIEF MENTION

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 142, 2 June 1883, Page 172

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performan.ce, at Kihikibi' on the: ;24|±w*£is'agreatisuccess.. j! . . * *$&3/ve' : -]a,re .glad. to Tif MHJ|ttjjL TO. orOT " aTI^ Compatiy pays '. ' ./ /;-> rA young man a " level ■ Most |.vX! Stolen kisses are 6f Mount Eden, thought W. on flight. Walker found mSTo. (e)art.this week lonftbe Grafton-roacfA Strange ta say, that's -just where , ( ' ■/ $. /; .-. l*;?Ib was'rather petty on the part of the Thames fmen?whb inyiteclltlie Auckland Football Team to a ball J to Chargethem five shillings ahead. • ■, ■ . . ■•■ , fy\Wko is.the reader on the Tauranga Buster, or $£it:tlie fault of G. V. S. thai the: quotation comes out t-Mnis':— Eeotfotbus a' nos montons? How; is it the elders of acertaih church take their out and look at them so often ? Are the " wee seriaons twa long , ?'* ,r ..Tie ; ';jani tarts of Kihikihi propose to start a if they are going to mince and pick among the ''people, the attempt will result in failure. /r A'lady afc'Ponsonby wants to know why, wheii !■ thffladies attend the Ponsonby "At Homes" in full •dress, one of the cominitteeattends in light unmentionables? ' ;- ;.The Star has : coined: another . new word. It i'says that Ta'whiao was received at Tauranga " in semisjnalibay fashion.". " Is:it a perleeceinan ?" V; Several Eemuera jam. tarts wish to know if the I City",Cotracil>will supply them, with; stilte' to walk ': tTfcffiOulgii the mud from, the Railway-station to Queen- ■ street ? ;-. 1$ was too bad of the representative of the Foresters to monopolise the charming Miss O; .at tjbe Onehunga Foresters' Ball. .jC-The; gb-yi young sparks atlTe Awamuttt paid so > inuoh atranffon to the charming brunettes -forgot their manners and allowed Helena to;fall out of ''the coaclx '•• all of a heap." ■■■■■- , ". Woodyear, of Woodyear and Ross, will return r 1)y the next steamer from America with an electric •. light) : ten new American waggons, a trick stallion ■-. bought for £500, and plenty of new talent. He expects ;to'opon in August next. . - Boss, of Woodyear and Soss, who left for • SrihFrancisco, was accompanied by "the armless (not vjharmless) lady," who left'him at Honolulu. She writes Ito a friend'in Auckland that Boss was >a great deal yyrpiee in health, and not likely to live.. • : y As the Hinemoa was steaming past the North .rSead"on Saturday afternoon, the passengers were guber- , ■natorialistically surprised at a loyal subject' firing a • : loyal salute from a one-gun hand battery. ;. In r,eply to a correspondent we may state that 1 the person who represented himself to be an Observer \ reporter, at the Foresters' Ball, Onehnnga, was a fraud ■who wanted to 'get in on the cheap. ; •• ■-~ Messrs H..Campbellapd B. Mahoney, junr., of 'Auckland, and S. Campbell, of Waikato, have been . advised by the Chief Justice of their having success- . fpUy. passed the law examiner's final examination for barristers. " . . We are glad to see Mack, at the dock, is to get ,-,atuedal.. r ßut when you go.in again, Mack, don't take -. hold of a rope's end. We hear he was watching two .' drunken nwn near the dock gates a few days ago. More medals, Mack. Two for each , event. ! -; The North Shore people are peculiarly favoured , in their lighting arrangMwents, it seems. According to .'.the best authority, 7|hy is passed through the i 'goyernpr' before beinV supplied to the consumers," -I SEadee of governor Bdwen! s It looks very much, from Mr Tylar's recent : motion at the Boairi-oi Governors of the Grammar /School, as if he nfeanta to have the doors of the * institution carefully **tylered" against the admission ■ of the bright lads from the primary schools. -.VfThe, demand for " generals " is increasing, and ■• we shall have oa-. the United States if this : : "sort of thin? goeponi Take one announcement as a '/sample:—" Good rene/al wanted for Gisborne; generals for hotel , out.of *fc6wn. Many generals wanted im- " mediately for suburbs." Efptr did the military authority on the Herald ■ manage to overlook the 14th as one of the Imperial '• ..regiments engaged in the "VVaikato war, when that corps . was the first to open theballat JEoheroa.Vlf the general ■ -accuracy, of all our contemporary's answers to corres- ;". pondents is to be gauged by they arc not worth , much. " ; .Mr.Brown, who had the management of the ..-•Australian Wine Company, has no connection with the ■ firm at present. Mr Thomas, Macky, wine merchant, ,[. ,'of Fort-street,, has been appointed sole agent for the ■' ■ Australian Wines imported by.-Penfold & Cβ. from the ' famed Grange Vineyards. -I v : QPhe turn-out used by the (3-overnor during his , ; .. visit, to, Auckland was from the stables of Mr Frank ■ Qiuck, and, as'anyone coiild see, was a credit to the place and its owner. On leaving, Sir William sent his h cheque for £6 to tbe stables—£s for the coachman and ' . £i:for the groom. Jusf like Sir George Bowen would '~ have done, we don't thTnkT 't ,'. ';:. At the meeting of .the Harbour Board, during : ' -the discussion on;the tiStoSaervice and the IJoch Ken's ; '.;' coming ip after dark a pilot, Mr Morrin said ; ; preveutifeum'an occurrence would, be a ;: ,f ( flare,up.." There's be?n a "flare up" in the pilot „.; sefvtee OiSce a weefc, if tB c truth was known, but it doesn't '■ .Seem to do much good. - It.was predicted at.the out-set.of the Indus- .; trial.School eriquirj.thjaiMr.G. V. Hogan, the master, tr? would weather all thdtehakges against him. The predicr .;». tiorijhas been fulfilleownL- the feelings of the young > : of concerned in the affair, on 'i/'perusing.Mr Bafstow's'jplain-snofcen report concersing them, may be more imagined than described. .>.;;- s .To;the on the sad fate jr-,of Professor.Walker, you remark that "had'he, inadiv.aitiori' to his olier studies, paid a little attention to he would_in.all probability be alive at this <> i, moment." When at'Cainbridge University, I frequently : ,saw the late .Professor sculling in tis boat, and con,eluded thathe could swim, Is it known for a fact that . : unable'to do so? —I : am, &c., Cantab. pV-■ Who,iathe.drill instructor of the;.Aj-"-.!.- ] .and s;.;.police..force, as.on, a recent public x'".•'■"•'" ['-\th\* meh'',perfqrm£dspme ext7^ however;, in:l7.-aeittng $;rand vocal n i« aid of. the HB^^^H^BJl^n^^^^Hß^^^^^Bfll^^S^^'^ , ?"' ' ar£ w^B^BK^BBBUBe^BB^^^BK^Bhfc:-'-" 0 " I a *'

jyittt. c jplid; s muligafi Hogg!<Mr'MUMgkn'Hoggg!'; , ;; .till.the; :"tfniid»ihc6r >? >got him safe.xand .aliocked a'virprise, "MrMilligan Hogg!"J •■ ': .".':''■, Tlie theatrical -tvorld been ekceedingly dull during the past weefc, a lull having succeeded the busy] . season which preceded it. At the Opera House,." Milfcy ■ White" and. were produced by the yomnant Melhourne'i'Coinedy Company, and on' was a performance for the benefit of. the Ajjeltland Fire Brigade under the patronage of Colonel; <liyons. ' At the Theatre Royal a mixed company of aniateiirs and • professionals 'played " The Wedding March;" "Wanted an Actor, and " Slocum's Dog," on Satiitday night. i • '. . .

A Thames minister, who paid Tβ Arolia a visit of exchange the other Sunday, had the temerity to take three young ladies to the very summit of the mountain of love. " And nob only that," says our correspondent, " but down the other side by the mines, visiting all the principal mines, and receiving , kind attention from Mr Gribble (Manager of the All Nations), who had a nice cup of tea ready for them when they came there—he had passed them on the way up;—and after going down the tramway, as steep as a house roof, and visiting Wuiorongomai, the party returned, after a walk of B£miles, not so very tired. The party were one of the Clarkes. Miss Lill'ie Brown (fromthaThaine3), and Miss M. A. Ferguson." ~ . ~ New Plymouth is at present suffering from an arson scare, several 'fires having occurred lately which have heen caused by the hand of an incendiary. The insurance companies have taken the matter up, and are offering a reward for ■"• such, information as will lead to the conviction of the offenders." Sergeant-Major Pardy is to the fore, and has shown great skill in working up a case of arson, where he was successful in procuring a conviction, and the culprit got fire years', penal servitude. This has struck terror into the hearts of the arson organisation, and they will probably be kept in check for some time to come. Really an arson organisation, is as bad as a Fenian organisation, and there is hut little choice between the chance of being hlown up by dynamite and being burnt alive in your bed. . If we were offered our choice, we think we would prefer the dynamite. . *

Thick heads, hojvrT stomachs, bilious conditions —Wells' May Apple Pills " —anti-bilious, cathartic. sd. and Is, Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents. On Tuesday next, Mr D. F. Evans will sell at his mart, Queen-street, various allotments of land and cottages at Pousonby, also valuable freehold property under instructions from Mr N. Campbell, also valuable property at Mount Eden. The above properties are really worthy, of consideration, and those interested in land or house property should attend the sale. " JotrßKAii dcs Modes." —March, 1881. — " Royal Amethyst " Velveteen. This is a now mate oi velveteen introduced by one of the largest velveteen maufacturers in Manchester. The quality is superioi for the price to any other material yet introduced, and will in every way recommend itself to the purchaser both for lustre and quality. W. Battray, Sole Agent for Auckland. Since the arrival of the Wfifefcm'eath,,Hobsonstreefc has been .daily thronged by crowds of pure angelic virgins, dressed in garments that would not have disgraced the renowned block in Melbourne, the Broadway in. New York, Saokville-street in Dublin, and last but certainly not least, Queen-street on a fine afternoon. Various were the remarks as the charming creatures slowly paced along. "Who arc they?" was the eager enquiry from passers by, and, the answer invariably was, " Some of the late importations per s.s. Westmeath,looking for Munro and Milligan's, to inspect the new stock of millinery lately imported by this well-known ,firm." Such is fame. See Naples and die (and about time you did after you had seen that remarkably clean spot). Their cry, however, was—"Show mc Munro and Milligan's and let mc live." Tbie well known firm of Nelson, Moafce and Co., Tea Merchants, Blenders,, and Importers, have opened a branch in Queen-street,' next Eattray's drapery establishment. Hitherto tea has been supplied wholesale by firms who have made it a parb only of their business transactions, or, by persons who pun? and blow about their tea-blending knowledge, and retail it in • common with snuff, tobacco, and treacle. The advent of the new firm,, however, places this on a different footing,'and their qualifications for the business aresueh as to justify them in naturally expecting a large share of confidence and support. We may stato that Mr Nelson is a professional taster and blender,; and we ,believe the .only one in Auckland that has made this important item.a profound study. ." Report peom Pabis Exhibition, copied from Manchester Courier, Friday, 38th June, 1878."—The most comprehensive exhibit is that of merchants, manufacturers, and dyers, Manchester, Paris, and works at Oldhain. They show velvets and velveteens, in various stiades, including '•Amethyst black," and "blue black" for costume 'trimmings, &o. These are admirably dyed, and the arrangement of the shades for exhibition is exceedingly '.artistic : and effective. There are some well finished White velvets,.and some of the printed velvets show good design and careful .work man ship; .one shawl pattern is brilliant and effective. Some fancy cords are neat, and ■the show of ordinary cords and moleskins is good. .Tnero are also good samples of dyed and printed lambskins, satins,-twills, serges, and cambrics for linings. •W. Kattray," Sole' Agent for Auckland. " London Atjtb PathsMagazine.—Feb., 1881. ) —"BoyalAniethystr" Velveteen This elegant material, ! to which we are very pleased.to.call the attention of our j readers, possesses the lnstre; softness'; and'tone of the i;L>esl.Lyoi>s-yelvefc, arid may.beaised for any purpose to fctfbioh sil?- , volyet can bo applied. It certainly shows the Bfefeci.i'ftn "'hi>'h can be attained in the manufacture of HWhieeu, which has now become, so fashionable a no la-'ly's wardrobe is complete without HHBBm£I.6.- ll °'' m(H ' e > °f this elegant texture. The Eo,Vii) Amethyst. Velveteen is very deep the beautiful. 1 soft, shadows in the H^^^^m^^HL.JTb once only to.be foimd in the richest is quit* Fast, aiid the colour peradditional'advantages. . Thee c >'Sed with.- equally good cir'for raiiiug. with >the ■ £Q YOgue.;, Ladies this; charming , every ; stamped with, the,